Sign board



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L. A. WEAMER 1,889,910

SIGN BOARD Filed Aug. 19. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor Z i/a mel' Dec. 6, 1932. 1 W AMEQ 1,889,910

SIGN BOARD Filed Aug. 19. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor .21 0 4. %Ve a mew Patented Dec. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES LEO A. WEAMER, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SIGN BOARD.

Application filed August 19, 1931. j Serial No. 558,121.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in sign boards, and the primary object of this invention is to provide a sign board especially adapted for outdoor advertising purposes, and which is so constructed as not to become easily damaged or totally demolished by a strong wind, or when forcibly struck.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a swingably mounted sign board of strong and durable construction, and which is capable of displaying advertising or like indicia on both sides thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a swingably mounted sign board requiring no bracing at the rear thereof thus obviating all obstructions that would limit the swinging movement of the sign board.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherem:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the sign board, certain parts being broken away for illustrating features of the invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view thereof, certain parts being also broken away for illustrating detail features of construction.

Figure 3 is a horizontal detail sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that I provide a pair of vertical relatively spaced opposed uprights 5 the lower ends of which are sunk into concrete tiers or foundations 6. The members 5 are housed in casings 7 substantially U-shaped in cross section, and the upper ends of the casings 7 are connected by a horizontal cross member 8.

The sign board per se comprises a pair of opposed plates 99 mounted in spaced relation within a rectangular frame 10. The plates 9 are retained in position, between strips 11 of suitable material located at the inner sides of the plates 9, and mouldings 12 located at the outer sides of the plates 9 as shown in Figure 3. Interposed between the strips 11 are spacing strips 13.

The plates 9 at their inner sides are also supported and reinforced throughfthe medium of relatively spaced vertical strips 14: and longitudinal strips 15.

Extending longitudinally of the sign board between the plates 9 adjacent the upper portions thereof is an I-beam16.

For sw-ingably supporting the sign board, eachupright 5 adjacent its upper end is provided'with a bearing 17, and at opposite sides thereof is also reinforced by plates 18 secured by boltsor tie rods 19.

Journalled in the bearing17 is a pivot rod 20 having a threaded end equipped with a nut 21,and a'flattened offset end 22 bolted or otherwise secured laterally to an approximate end of the Ibeam 16 as at 23. Of course, the vertical members of the frame 10 as well as the vertical strips 13 are suitably apertured for accommodating the pivot rod 20, and located between an end member of the 7 frame 10 and an adjacent standardv 5, is a spacing collar 24 located on the pivot rod 20.

From what has been said before, it will be apparent that upon air striking the sign board, that is the plates 9 thereof, thesame will rotate about the pivot provided by the rods 20, thus ofiering little or no resistance to the wind and consequently minimizing possibility of injury to the sign board.

Of course, the plates 9 are adapted to have suitable advertising or like indicia printed or otherwise described thereon.

Preferably, supported on the cross member 8 is suitable ornamental structure 25, which may include a name plate 26. Such structure also includes illuminating elements 27 while reflecting lights 28 are suitably mounted and located at each end of the sign board, being mounted on the casings 7 in any desired manner.

A suitable ornamental structure 29 may be also located between the lower portions of the casings 7 below the swingable sign board.

Even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: 1. In a device of the character described, a

pair of vertical casings, a standard arranged in each of said casings, a frame, a pair of spaced plates mounted in the frame, an I- beam extending between saidplates and pivt rods securedto saidiI-beainandfjournalled in said standards.

2. In a device of'the character described, the combination ofi-opposed support-s earranged in spaced relation, bearings mounted therein, and a sign board comprising a pair of plates, strips interposed between the plates adjacent the marginal edges'thereof 'for maintainingsaidplates.inspacedrelation, and 0ppositely extending zlongitudinally alined pivot rods having ends fixedlymounted between said plates and vtheir other ends mounted in said bearings.

3; In a device of the character described, the combination of opposed supports arranged inspaced relation, Ebearings mounted therein, and a sign Iboard comprisinga of plates, :str ips interposed between the plates ad acent the marginal edgesthereofifor maintaining:said plates in spaced relation, an I- beam extending between said plates and pivot rods ..secured to said I beam between said platesiand journalledginsaidsupports;

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